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Pattens Mills, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kingsbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12804. The Survey maps it on the Putnam Mountain quadrangle.

Pattens Mills within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pattens Mills, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Pattens Mills, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Pattens Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 53 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined106
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning20
Natural18
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersFRENCH MOUNTAIN #1
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pattens Mills: 10 producers, 4 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chestertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chestertown QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Elms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mallorys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mclaughlin Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mclaughtin Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Tripoli1.4 miles28
Vaughns Corners2.2 miles29
West Fort Ann2.5 miles28
Kingsbury4.1 miles29
Country Acres4.3 miles29
Hudson Falls5.8 miles29
Baldwin Corner5.9 miles28
Fort Ann6.5 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569805The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959986. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.